According to the Census Bureau, 14 state populations were significantly miscounted in the 2020 census.
The miscounting favored Democrats and likely cost the Republicans House seats.
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The numbers were already used to allot House seats for the next 10 years.
graphic courtesy of NPR
6 (mostly red) states undercounted, according to NPR: Arkansas (5.04%), Florida (3.48%), Illinois (1.97%), Mississippi (4.11%), Tennessee (4.78%) and Texas (1.92%).
8 (mostly blue) states overcounted, according to NPR: Delaware (5.45%), Hawaii (6.79%), Massachusetts (2.24%), Minnesota (3.84%), New York (3.44%), Ohio (1.49%), Rhode Island (5.05%) and Utah (2.59%).
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graph courtesy of NPR
Don’t expect this to be a scandal since the miscounting heavily favored Democrat states.
Of the eight states where the census overcounted, six were heavily Democratic so don’t expect this to be a scandal. https://t.co/hB5cbyWG19
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) May 19, 2022
Click here to read NPR’s full report on the 2020 Census.
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